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situations ; for as those trees which remain, come 

 suddenly to be exposed, (after having been brought 

 up under the shelter of others,) suffer, getting crook- 

 ed, stunted, and bushy, instead of having their 

 desirable erect form, without which they are not 

 adapted for superior uses, or agreeable to the eye. 



Ornamental <trees> as the crab, black cherry 9 

 mountain ash^ &c. may .prove profitable,, as well as 

 agreeable, here and,. there one amongst forest trees, 

 and shoulti therefore not be omitted : The wood id 

 good. 



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SECTION XL 



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OF RURAL AND EXTENSIVE GARDENING. 



liURAL ^;?r/ extensive gardening is naturally con- 

 nected with a taste for planting /0r<<tf trees ; and an 

 idea of the picturesque should ever accompany the 

 work of planting. Merely for the sake of objects 

 to gratify the eye, planting is very often pursued, 

 and wherever trees can be introduced to improve a 

 view from the house, or accustomed walks, there a. 

 man, having it in his power, as proprietor of the: 

 land, ought certainly to plant, and that rather freely. 

 If to planting in dumps, coppices, groves, avenues, 

 and woods, be added levelling of ground, improving 

 of water courses, and pastures, making lawns, &c. 

 -the expence incurred would be honourable, and an- 

 swered by pleasures of the sincerest kind ! There 

 are ways of spending money, that could be named, 

 which are found mischievous in the extreme, and 



